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i ' Only Afternoon Paper Between Richmond and Atlanta With Leased Wire and Full Press Dispatches. LAST EDITION. ALL THE MARKETS. nn tot T7 t a t tto t tj , it xr th VOLUME 30. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 1908. PRICE 5 CENTS. 1 TIMES. THESIXTHDAY'S SESSION OFTHE STATE SENATE What Was Accomplished In Upper House of the Legislature Today VEflBALE BOMBARDMENT OF RATE BILL TONIGHT Tho Bill' Extending 3-Cent Fan s to Roads of 100 Milis Mileage l'p But Referred to Judiciary Com mitteePenitentiary Hoard .Se cures 'Adoption of Measure Reliev ing the Board and Requiring State Treasurer, to Whom They Have Paid Over the Profit Money, to Pay the Interest on the Prison Bonds Some New Bills Beg Their Way Upon the Calendar De spite New Rule Detail of Senate Proceedings Today. When the state senate adjourned today it was to reassemble at S o'clock tonight and take up the sen ate committee's railway passenger rate bill. Today's proceedings marked the least interesting day of the special session In the state senate. The discussion, which at times was prolonged, was concerning matters of no great interest. Mr. Pharr and a dozen other sen ators, descanted more or less on whether the half-dozen "little bills," whose delayed birth since the legis lative Incubator's lid was supposed to have been closed, consupied some time, with the result that they all were received into the i family of Bills as legitimate members and heirs to whatever may be coming to them. Probably it was the knowledge that there is to be a large expendi ture of rhetoric and adjectives and exclamation points at the session of tho sonato tonight that caused the break in the legislative market " this morning. ' ''-,. At any rate, very litlle was actu ally accomplished, and thr.t litlle will bo found further on in this story , of tho day's work in the upper house. Today's Senate Proceedings, in Detail The sixth day's session of the state senate was called to order at 11 o'clock this morning and the In vocation was spoken by Rev. Mil ton Barber, rector of Christ (Episcopal) church. ''"'' Reports from the various standing committees were read and a message from the house, notifying t'.re sena'.e of the passage of a number of bills was read. The regular order announcement which ' the president of the senate Is accustomed to make, "introduc tion of new bills and petitions," was not heard this morning and will be heard no more this special session. Saturday was the last day, under the new rule, in which new hills can be introduced. But several "little bills" were slipped into being and on to the cal endar or into committee rooms. Numerous excuses were made for not having these ready for introduc tion Saturday and, they appearing plausible, objection was withdrawn and they were Introduced by unani mous consent. Notice was given by Senators Pharr and Mason that no other new , bill will be allowed, and so these close up the legislative questions re ceived. They are as follows: Bills Passed Today. S. B. Empowering town of Greensboro to Issue bonds. Sent to house for concurrence. 8. B. Authorizing town of High Point to issue bonds. To the house. S. B. Amending sec. 20S1-20S9 of the Revisal; relating to the mar riage ceremony inserting the words "or outhorized" aftor the word "or dained minister." (After some dis cussion the bill went to the judiciary committeed). H. B. Amending sec. 28 of the Revlsal of 1905, relating to terms of court In Onslow, Enrolled for rati fication. H. B. Enabling Onslow county authorities to sell old courthouse property. Enrolled for ratification, (Continued on Page Two.) PROHIBITION I SUBJECT TODAY House Scene of Fight Be tween Wets & Drys THE DRYS IN MAJORITY Xight Session Will be Held Bill Will Go Through Practically as ''Passed by Senate, Though Amend ments Will be Urged Lively Tilts by Members The Day's ' Work..' The lower branch of the general assembly is now absorbed with the prohibition bill and in order to give time for a full discussion of it, night sessions will be held, beginning to night..:, A motion made just before ad journment at 2 o'clock this afternoon for night sessions was adopted unan imously. Although a number of matters -mostly bills were disposed of to day, prohibition was the one big mat ter taken up. . The bill as passed by the senate will probably go through the house without serious amend ments',' for the committee on liquor traffic has the majority of the mem bers with it. Of course warm speech es will be made, but after all amend ments are put to a vote, it is evident that the bill will go through without serious changes. Strong efforts were made today to have brandy retained in the bill, along with wine, but these -were "un successful. .; The house was opened by prayer by the He Mr. Woodall, pastor of Epworth Methodist church. The proceedings of the house fol '.(Continued on Page Two.) B MEET LEADERS Conference in Washington To v Iwrav Large One WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT IT Will Meet Practically Every Promi nent Democrat- Now in Washing ton Con fert-nce Tomorrow Will Have a Heart, to Heart Talk on the Political Situation Will Not 'Be Asked to "Step Aside" for Some Other Candidate. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Washington, D. C, Jan. 27. That William J. Bryan's visit, to Washing ton Is muile, primarily, to discuss free ly and at length the political situation lii the country, became known today when It was learned that - arrange-' incuts have been made to hive Mr. Bryan meet practically every demo crat of prominence now in Washing ton. : Senator Newiatids of Nevada, was aotive last week in getting democratic senators into line in order that the drift of opinion In thefr home states may become known, not only among themselves, but to Mr. Bryan. He has Invited every member on his side of the senate chamber to meet Mr. Bryan at his home and it Is anticipated that for various reasons few of the sena tor? will be absent. That the conference Is Intended to bring about a serious exchange of po litical views rather than a reception and surface discussion of existing con ditions Is Indicated by the fact that It will be In progress during the entire length of Mr. Bryan's stay In Wash ington, ' Mr. Bryan raid today that so far as he knew the conference was without special significance. It being his un derstanding that It was the general desire of the democrats to get together and have a heart to heart talk on the political situation. He laughed when asked about the existence of a delegn of senators appointed to nsk him to step aside In favor of some other can didate, and said that thus far he has received no word from the delegation. After his conference tomorrow Mr. Bryan will go to Roanoke, "Va.. and visit his daughter, who Is attending school there. He will return to Wash ington Thursday, spend the day and night In consultation with friends and then start for New York, stopping at several cities on tho way. RYAN READY TO L OF N. AMERICA Just After A Struggle to Preserve If. COMPELLED TO SUCCUMB President Havemeyer and Directors, , After a Struggle Lasting Three oMitths to Preserve tly Bank, Saw "Their. Hopes of Success Vanish as Mists Before a Noon-day Sun The Comptroller of the Currency Consulted. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) New York. Jan. 27. Just when a struggle lasting- t'n ice months: to pro serve the" National Bank, of North. America had given every promise of a successful endingv President Have meyer 'and ' the. directors', of the bank were compelled today-to announce that th: bank would be liquidated. An nouncement to this oMect came from Mr. Havemeyer afier he and his fel low directors and some of the clearing house committeemen ;. had". thoroughly canvassed tho situation with W. P. liirtseley, comptroller of the curren cy, in a long conference at the. Wal dorf. President Havemeyer". attributes the failure of hia efforts to hchabilitate the bunk to the persistent circulation of a '"rumor that a receivership for tin.' bank Was impending. He dwelt upon the effect of thin 'in a formal stater meat given out at. his home and in con versation afterward spoke bitterly of the recklessness which had wrecked the-.work" of -reclaiming 'the bank when that work was beginning to show promise. .of .success,.. "It is trying to have to give up af ter three months of hard work," said Mr. Havemeyer. "The business hail begun to build up again; We were gradually cleaning up oiir Indebted ness to the .clearing house, which at no lime was more than $2.r.00,000, and had been reduced by more than $300, Oi'O, and V.C had successfully liquidat ed something like- $8,000,000 of these 'sennit icy, which ii itself is no small labor in such times as these. "Kvoiyihing was .moving smoothly ami the business of tile bank was once more on the rising; scale, when without I warning,, the depositors who had stuck I by us, begun to w ithdraw their funds. j-The movement started about a week ago. and at the same timo .we became aware that stories, were going the ! 1 rounds that the National Bank of North America was giiii? to wind up or go into the hands or a receiver. "Wei did not ': have cash enough in our vaults to meet the ''demand which we saw would come Monday with the opening, -and besides that we had to reckon a. rush of checks through the clearing house. "While the clearing house has not prersed us to'.. .met our indebtedness to them, we knew we could hardly : expect further help. When I learned ' definitely on Saturday morning -..that ' the clearing house was not willing to give us fresh help through the issu ance of clearing house certificates, the ' directors decided to call on the con troller to take oVer the bank." At 4 o'clock In the afternoon the comptroller issues the following statement: "At the request of the hoard of I j, . i i . n..i, f uuec.u.s "t! North America the comptroller of the currency has ordered the bank to be closed for liquidation, and has j appointed National Bank Examiner I Charles A. Hanna as receiver. This action of the board of directors was I not taken because they considered ; the bank Insolvent but on account of ,the difficulty in realizing on the as- jsets of the bank rapidly enough to meet the heavy demands of deposi tors, in tho InBt few days and proba- I'ble further other large withdrawals feared. The receiver will proceed at once with the liquidation of the bank and the payments of its credi tors. It is estimated that all the de positors will be paid In full. WOMAN DEAD AT THE AGE OF 120 YEARS. (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Bristol, Va.. Jan. 27 Mrs. Mary I Ramsey Wood, a native of East Ten hiessec, is dead at the age of 120 years. In her youth Mrs. Wood saw George I Washington. Thomas Jefferson and ! others of the earlv statesmen. It Is said her best recollection of public men was that of Andrew Jackson, with , whom she frequently danced when a eivi NATIONA BANK IN LIQUIDATION FOREIGN WITNESS WILL TESTIFY IN Dr. Wells and Miss McDride Who Attended Thaw A PATIENT IN LONDON When He Suffered a Kit of Aberra tion and Had to Be Removed to .Months to Preserve the Bank, Saw Private Sanitarium At This Time Thaw Declared He Was limning I'p, and Ordered a Supply of 30 Tons of lee to Be Paced in His ': Boom. . (Bv Leased Wire to The 'Times.);- "New York, Jan. "".The --European witnesses, Dr. Uussell - Wells' 'of Lon don, Dr. H. T. Burton I'ruwne. 'vf-'Lon-. don, formerly of Rome; Dr. Maurice Gaudja, of Paris, and Miss Lillian MacBride, a ' nurse, . together, "with Dr. John Bingaman, of Pittsburg, . the Thaw family physician, appeared at the criminal court today. . , - Dr. . Well mi Miss MacBrid.i -attend--ed from Claridge's Hotel to the Duv enshiie Nurses' Home,; ii ;privato s'i:nl tal .aberration and had to lie remov ed fniiii riaridgos Hotel to the . Dev onshire nurses home, a private!, sani tarium' It was on this occasion when Thaw, declaring ho was burning .up, ordered a supply of thirty tons of ice to be packed around his room. The testimony of the two 'witness;! is said by Thaw's counsel. '.to be one of the strongest, arguments in the de fense of insanity. After his testimony Dr. Wells will pass several' weeks Pi this country. He v. ill visit President Butler of Columbia I'liiverslty and President Eliot of Harvard. He is one of the foremost physicians In Eng-' fand." ' , Dr. Burton Browne was physician in itome -iii 1!'02 when Thaw suffered an insane outbreak, while Dr. Onudja Is the physician who attended Thaw In Paris '-whien he is said to have attempt ed suicide by taking laudanum in the Palais .Do Orsay Hotel. Dr. John Bingaman' was called as the first witness today. "I have known Harry Thaw since childhood," .-aid the witness. "He was about .three-years old when' I first at tended him. He was very nervous. The first time I saw him. he was re covering from convulsions." Dr. Bingaman described the symp toms of Harry Thaw at this period and later In his life, lie said he also knew Mrs. Hlrseh, one of Harry's ma- ternal, aunts, said she was an epilcp- tic and died in an insane asylum. District Attorney Jerome on cross examination developed the fact that Harry Thaw at one time suffered 'from St. Vitus dance, the attack lasting several weeks. First Foreign Physician on Stand. Dr. Russell Wells, the first of the foreign physicians, was then called In a voice scarcely audible to the jury, the ' physician said ho had ben' prac ticing, in London for fifteen years. He fist saw Thaw in January, ISM, when. Thaw called on him at his home. "I next saw him at Claridge Hotel," said Dr. Wells, "on( July 11, 1S99. I examined him and flund that he was excited, that his conversation was not consistent; that his pulse was beat ing rapidly and that he evidently had some mental disturbance. I thought at the time he was suffering from a I fever, possibly typhoid. After a while i nnay concluded that he was suffer- J . a ,1llrnst,l,n Hsor(,pr. ing from some: digestive disorder, "I saw him again thi next morning. He was Jumping from subject to sub ject and seemed very much excited. I decided to send him to a hospital in the event ho was not Improved the next day. I returned the following day to find him howling madly. Dressed ionly in his pajamas be was dancing ' , -, . . fh . . uwt control of him. He was us- !,. , , , , t. ...i.i. lug bad language and It was with dif ficulty that I calmed him and forced him to dress that . he might leave. I then arranged to' remove him to a hos pital." Q What was your diagnosis of his condition? A A sub-acute mania. Dr. Wells told of Thaw's stay at tho Devonshire Nurses' Home; of his Insist ing on having twenty tons of Ice piled in his room to coo' It and of his lay ing all day with his eyes shut, mut tering to himself. His condition, said the witness, was that of a maniac. Nurse Confirms Doctors' Evidence. Miss Lillian MacBiide, ' a nurse In the Devonshire Nurses' Home, fol lowed Dr. Wells on the stand. She corroborated the evidence of Dr. Wells 'as to Thaw's actions and appearance j while be was at the Institution where '.she -was employed and said she was I (Continued on Secoad Page.) THETHAWTRIAL 2ND HOLOCAUST AT PORTLAND Of Property Consumed DEFIED THE FIREMEN Started Early This Morning and Was Well X'nder Control When Sud denly It Again Leaped Beyond the Strength of the Gallant Fire Flghters and Ate Vp Over a Mil lion Origin of Second Holocaust in Those Days Not Yet Determined (By Leased Wire to The Times.) Portland, lie; Jan. 27. A fire of un determined origin started early today in the Brick block, .numbers 154 to 1G5 Middle street, occupied by Milliken, cousehs & Company, wholesale dry goods, and A. F. f ox & Company, wholesale bots and shoes.. i After a desperate light of more than three hours the - combined tire depart- meats'- of this city, Bidileford, . Lewis j ton and Bath, had the situation well in ; hand when the flames broke out anew, iand before they could be checked had i gained such rapid headway that the ' men , found themselves again helpless, land in order to save the remnant of the business section summoned aid from Boitdn. The fire, it is estimated at 8 o'clock i this morning, has done a damage of 'over $1,000,000.'. The, Milliken, Cousens Company has lost stock valued at ?M0, ,00ft, while the Cox firm stock is valued J at $300,001).' ".' '; I - The building, '-which is a total loss, ; is jointly owned by Scth M. Milliken, I of New York, president of the Mer cantile Bank, who succeeded the late ! deposed pre.-idi'ht .Heinz and heirs to i the Derring estate in Portland. The burning-, block is in the; very center (Continued .on Page Two.) Adjourned Session of Decem ber Term Convenes BRIEF SESSION TO-DAY Failure of Grand Jury to Meet and Other First Day Handicaps Defers ' Activity of Court Heavy Day To-j morrow Court '.With - Lecture on ' "Good Citizenship" Before Grand Jury at Suggestion ()f CoJonel J Skinner. Aside from the formal opening of the court, and the appearance of j Judge James K. Boyd, , of Greens-1 boro, on the bench, the first day -of the : adjourned session, of the De comber term of federal court, was not characterized by the quantity or quality of the business disposed ofJ in fact there was little doing in the! court today. Just enough, perhaps, ! to start it on its way through the' immense docket tha If aces, and get the machinery in running order for. a big day tomorrow, . Judge Boyd and the officers of the court were ,on hand bright and I early, including District Attorney! (Skinner. And ajout the auditorium j 'a few gathered, as such congrega-' tions always gather, and for most part these were negroes. Negroes, I too, find perhaps 'something, distinct-1 ive about, the federal building. There j is nothing of tho "Jim-crow" order thereabouts, every man is, so far as1 this court is concerned, and 1o watch' tiiem huddling about hero, there and ! everywhere, beside Borne white man ' and in between, perhaps, some white women, who have been summoned' Into the court, mindful of no re-j strlctions and aware that the gov- eminent invokes no such, they hud-j die, and sit, and no man can say, move! They are on government! property and there are no separate set apart for white and colored of the court's congregation. In the absence of other more Important matters, time afforded this interest-: Ing observation. . The grand Jury, "that essential ad-j junct of the court, was not on hand. (Continued on Pago Two.) J JUDGE BOYD Ii! FEDERAL COURT MISS GLADYS VANDERBILT IS WEDDEDTODAY Beautiful Representative of Family 'of Multi-Millionaires Now a Countess IN NEW YORK TODAY Hungarian Count Szecheyni Secures His Rich Prize, About Which So Much Has Been Said and Written for Months--Thr Large. Firni!;- of Ladies Who Read The Evnlag Times Will liujoy the Pollowinjj Entertaining Account of the frt-ov-geous Affair, Coming Todny Over Our Speeiul Wire From Xew York Descriptive of the Affair. , ( By Leased Wire to The Times. ) New York, Jan. 27. Gladys Van derbilt is now the Countess Szech eyni. Today, at high noon, in the Vanderbilt ; residence, No. 2 west Fifty-eigth street, she was united in marriage to Count Laszie Szechenyi, of Hungary, The ceremony was performed by Monsignor Michael J. Lavelle, of St. Patrick's Cathedral. Nearly a thou sand guests, assembled in the great ball-room of ae mansion, were as silent as statues, while the services were read. While there was an air of simplic ity about the celebration of the nup tials, there were many features which made the event one of the most striking and impressive ever witnessed in the city. The bride's gown, of a wonderfully-woven''' material, but fashioned with a simplicity that accentuated her girlish appearance, was in sharp contrast to t.ie brave splendor of Count Szechenyi's uniform. Made in the Princess style which distinguishes it from the conventional lines of the Usual wedding Iress, Its heavy ivory satin is untrimmed, save for the elaborate -wedding veil, la a voluminous oblique ".skein of real lace draped a la Watteau, willcb covers the bride from her head, where It is held by a chaplet of white orchids to the hem of wedding gown. The bride's flowers are made up into a muff bouquet of white orchids, with a shower of ribbons and orchids flow ing from the stems. This was given to her by the count. Tiny puffed sleeves, looped with sprays of orange blossoms, met the length of while mosquetair gloves cov ering the arms. The gowns of the bridesmaids are of Princess style, of soft, white chiffon, They are empire effect in back, pro duced by a day girdle of very soft White silk with a sheen almost nietallc. The gowns are pleated, the skirls with side pleats ending baly way be low the knees and thus affording the fullness suggestive of a flounce. This llnunce has a deep hem, three inches wide, above which is set a band of white embroidered chiffon a sort of insertion. The embroidery Is done In very deep cream silk, making a strong contrast to the creain white material. The Count wore his uniform of rank as a lieutenant in the Impe rial Hussars. He looked taller and heavier in his blue coat, braided and frogged and embroidered with pounds of gold braid; a red and blue visored cap, weighted with precious metal; bright red trousers, with an inch and a half stripe of gold braid running dowa the sides, and wear ing a jewel-hilted sword, in a gold and silver scabbard. There was an atmosphere about the wedding, that, while approached at oilier International reremonlt o the kind, was never equaled. Quiet dignity took the place of fluttering excitement and military uniforms broke it p the black and white sim plicity.: The ceremony was the one used by the Roman Catholic Church to wed one of its faith to a Protestant. Monsignor Lavello awallod tho two youn1? people at a gold and white pro-dimi, with embroidered cushions. Because the bride is not a Catholic, there was no solemn blessing of the ring with holy water, which always is a striking feature of the Catholic marriage. The bride wore a historic tiara of diamonds an heirloom which has (Continued on Page Be'fen.) i
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